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" The most striking peculiarity in the mountain scenery is the jagged outline of the ridge, the rudely shaped towers and sharp pyramids of rock, which appear elevated on the tops and sides of the highest peaks as well as on the lower elevations, and the... "
The Atlantic Navigator: Being a Nautical Description of the Coasts of France ... - Page 235
1854 - 532 pages
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Memoir, descriptive and explanatory, to accompany the general chart of the ...

John Purdy - 1845 - 562 pages
...peculiarity in the mountain scenery is the jagged outline of the ridge, the rudely shaped towers, and short pyramids of rock, which appear elevated on the tops...cut through the highest mountains almost to their very base. " The shores of the island are mostly lofty cliffs, occasionally facing the water with a...
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Narrative of the United States' Exploring Expedition: During the Years 1838 ...

Charles Wilkes - 1845 - 392 pages
...most striking peculiarity in the mountain scenery is the jagged outline of the ridge, the rudelyshaped towers and sharp pyramids of rock, which appear elevated...peaks as well as on the lower elevations, and the dcep preeipitous gorges, which cut through the highest mountains almost to their very hase. The shores...
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Dwight's American Magazine, Volume 3

Theodore Dwight - 1847 - 838 pages
...the mountain scenery is the jagged outline of the ridge, the rudely-shaped towers, and sharp pyramid of rock, which appear elevated on the tops and sides...the deep precipitous gorges, which cut through the highestmouutains, almost to their very base. The shores of the island are mostly lofty cliffs, occasionally...
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Voyage Round the World: Embracing the Principal Events of the Narrative of ...

Charles Wilkes - 1849 - 702 pages
...red soil, even to the tops of the highest peaks. The mountain verdure was afterwards discovered to be owing to groves of heath and broom, which grow to...cut through the highest mountains almost to their very base. The shores of the island arc mostly lofty cliffs, occasionally facing the water with a perpendicular...
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Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition: During the ..., Volume 1

Charles Wilkes - 1852 - 364 pages
...with a luxuriant tropical vegetation, change on a closer approach its distant barren aspect into one X of extreme beauty and fertility. The most striking...cut through the highest mountains almost to their very base. The shores of the island are mostly lofty cliffs, occasionally facing the water with a perpendicular...
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Memoir, descriptive and explanatory, to accompany the general chart of the ...

John Purdy - 1853 - 614 pages
...the ridge, the rudely shaped towers, and short pyramids of rock, which appear elevated on the lops and sides of the highest peaks, as well as on the...cut through the highest mountains almost to their very hase. " The shores of the island are mostly lofty clifl's, occasionally facing the water with...
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The popular encyclopedia; or, 'Conversations Lexicon': [ed. by A. Whitelaw ...

Popular encyclopedia - 1877 - 526 pages
...peculiarity in the mountain scenery of the island is the jagged outline of the ridges, the rudelyehaped towers and sharp pyramids of rock which appear elevated...cut through the highest mountains almost to their very base. The road round the island is in many places exceedingly picturesque, being led often between...
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The popular encyclopedia; or, 'Conversations Lexicon': [ed. by A. Whitelaw ...

Popular encyclopedia - 1884 - 542 pages
...peculiarity in the mountain scenery of the island is the jagged outline of the ridges, the rudelyshaped towers and sharp pyramids of rock which appear elevated...on the tops and sides of the highest peaks, as well aa on the lower elevations, and the deep precipitous gorges which cut through the highest mountains...
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The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts ..., Volume 13

Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - 1912 - 852 pages
...most striking peculiarity in the mountain scenery of the island is the jagged outline of the ridges, and the deep precipitous gorges which cut through the highest mountains almost to their very base. The road round the island is in many places exceedingly picturesque, being led often between...
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The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge, Volume 18

1919 - 920 pages
...most striking peculiarity in the mountain scenery of the island is the jagged outline of the ridges and the deep precipitous gorges which cut through the highest mountains almost to their very base. The road round the island is in many places exceedingly picturesque, being led often between...
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